“Yesterday we were in Lajatico to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CentroZEROSEI “Alessandro Bocelli”, the educational center created on land donated to the Municipality to offer local children a school that accompanies them from the very first months of life. That gesture bore my father's name, Alessandro, and his belief that investing in childhood is among the most meaningful and far-reaching acts an adult can make.
Over the past ten years, the Center has welcomed children up to the age of six.
Through the shared commitment of the Municipality, the Capannoli Comprehensive Institute, educators, teachers, and our Foundation, it has grown into a project where music naturally becomes part of everyday learning through instruments, workshops, and continuous pedagogical training.
The gathering, entitled “Looking Ahead. A School for Villages,” was conceived as a dialogue between architecture and pedagogy, reflecting on the place childhood must continue to hold within villages and smaller communities. In these places, the quality of educational services directly shapes daily life and determines whether families can remain, grow, and build their futures there.
A community that invests in the earliest years of children is already investing in its own future. It offers families a true point of reference while helping raise individuals who are better able to understand the world, participate in collective life, and recognize the value of the place they come from.”
Andrea
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